When I worked for frank as an SO (4 times) he was never worried about more then a safe and fun match.
I don't see him burning the midnight oil publishing his stages on the IDPA web site 2 weeks before the match.
I think after the Nationals, at The Range, HQ and Frank must have had a vision difference. The story was the Nationals would be there for a couple years but that didn't happen. Also the same time he ended his run as the Indoor MD.